/**
 * KopsoxFramework
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.kopsox.comm.message;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.kopsox.general.priority.Prioritized;
import org.kopsox.general.type.MessageType;
import org.kopsox.general.type.Typed;

/**
 * Standardinterface for Messages
 *
 * @author Konrad Renner
 *
 */
public interface Message extends Serializable,Typed,Prioritized,Comparable<Message>{

	/**
	 * Gets the Namespace or Context of the MessageSender
	 * 
	 * @return String
	 */
	public String getNameSpace();
	
	/**
	 * Gets a reference of the MessageSender (e.g. reference of the Validator which sent the message)
	 * 
	 * @return Object
	 */
	public Object getMessageSender();
	
	/**
	 * Sets a reference of the MessageSender
	 * 
	 * @param sender - Object
	 */
	public void setMessageSender(final Object sender);
	
	public MessageType getType();
}
